RCMP Names Murder Suspect at Community Meeting

An individual complained that an RCMP staff sergeant inappropriately disclosed personal information about him at a community meeting. The sergeant, invited to discuss a decade-old murder case, named the complainant as a "person of interest" and stated he had declined a polygraph test. The complainant alleged he was not fully informed about the subject matter of the discussion. The RCMP presumed consent based on the complainant's attendance and assurances from community group representatives. The OPC found that the RCMP had a responsibility to actively obtain consent for the disclosure, rather than presuming it. The complaint was upheld as well-founded.